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Incumbent Carl XVI Gustaf
Coronation 15 September, 1973
Residence Royal Palace of Stockholm (official)
Drottningholm Palace (private)

The King or Queen who occupies the throne of Sweden in accordance with the Act of Succession shall be the Head of State.

The Constitution of the Kingdom of Sweden, article 5 Read
Official website

Bibliography

La singularidad de la monarquía sueca en el contexto europeo: el Rey como símbolo estático del Estado

Göran Rollnert Liern2017Revista de derecho político

“El soberano sueco apenas ejerce funciones en relación con los poderes del Estado y las escasas que tiene atribuidas son de naturaleza ceremonial, con la única excepción de presidir el Consejo de Ministros”.

The Public Budget Cost of Some Monarchies and Republics in Western Europe

Herman Matthijs2013Scottish Journal of Arts, Social Sciences and Scientific Studies v.13

“The public budget systems of the eight West European monarchies and the two republics considered use a variety of systems for the civil lists and allocations granted to their heads of state. For this reason it is very difficult to compare the systems with one another”

Economic Growth and Institutional Reform in Modern Monarchies and Republics: A Historical Cross‐Country Perspective 1820‐2000

Christian Bjørnskov and Peter Kurrild‐Klitgaard2008Institut for Statskundskab (Københavns Universitet)

“Monarchs share one important feature, which is unobtainable by ordinary politicians: their time horizon when considering public action by definition extends to the rest of their life and probably longer, given their concern for their children and perhaps also for the preservation of the monarchy”

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